Pegah Hosseini-Carroll, MD, MS

Specialties: Gastroenterology

Gender: Female

Biography: Dr. Hosseini-Carroll received her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Tulane University in New Orleans. She completed her medical training at Louisiana State University in Shreveport and joined the faculty at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2016. Her enthusiasm for endoscopy and education is reflected in her role as course director for both the surgical residency endoscopy rotation and a procedural gastroenterology course for medical students. She is the associate program director for the Digestive Diseases fellowship program with interests in inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer screening, fecal microbial transplant, and endoscopy. She has a passion for education and considers herself an advocate for all trainees.

She is serving a 2-year term as the secretary-treasurer for the Mississippi Gastroenterology Society and is slated to serve as the president in 2023. She is a fellow in the American College of Gastroenterology and was also selected to serve on the Women in GI committee. She is a fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and serves on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Notably, she completed the selective, year-long Leadership Education and Diversity program through ASGE in 2018.